Although it will be a chilly day in comedian guide hell when Marvel followers can lastly neglect the morb-strosity that was Daniel Espinosa’s 2022 flop Morbius, Jared Leto’s efficiency wasn’t the worst factor about it, and his efforts had been actually extra reined in than they had been throughout his tatted-up Joker period for DC. Now, the Home of Gucci vet is reportedly being eyed for one more comic-centric Marvel function, which opens a can of speculatory worms.
As followers wait to see how Leto fares within the Disney sequel Tron: Ares and as Skeletor in Masters of the Universe, we will now surprise how a lot belief to place into the report shared by business insider MyTimeToShineHello that claims Jared Leto is “in talks” for a Marvel function that particularly is “not Ghost Rider.” Which is okay, since I do not actually need to see Leto as a biker with a burning cranium. As a substitute, listed below are some Marvel characters I would like to see the Battle Membership vet painting in an upcoming Marvel TV present or future MCU movie, together with a trio of roles that ought to by no means grow to be a actuality.
Would Love: Deathlok
Because it goes with comedian books, a number of iterations of Deathlok have surfaced over time, however the core origin hook created by Wealthy Buckler wants no massive alterations: he is a former U.S. soldier who was killed in fight and resurrected years later as a robust cyborg full with an A.I.-esque pc.
Leto has alread performed a personality who lives effectively past his means in Mr. No person, and portrayed a tech genius in Blade Runner 2049, which is principally boot camp for enjoying Deathlok. I like the thought of the actor going all hyper-brilliant Common Soldier on the MCU.
Would Protest: Any Type Of Revamped Take On Kang
The behind-the-scenes authorized points involving Kang portrayer Jonathan Majors mixed as an unexpected hindrance for plans to totally spin that character out into the multiversal villain of lore, and rumors about Majors’ return are nonetheless bandied about. Whereas I don’t see the Lovecraft Nation character ever reprising the function in full after Loki Season 2, it wouldn’t shock me if Kevin Feige & Co. went the “recast and rewrite” route.
And whereas I won’t have hated the thought of Jared Leto as a time-jaunting conqueror from the outset, the considered him taking on the function in mid-stride simply makes me need to get drunk within the Quantum Realm. (Due to the tiny hangovers.)
Would Love: Sleepwalker
One of the crucial ’90s superhero characters to applicably emerge kind the Nineteen Nineties comedian scene, Bob Budiansky and Bret Blevins’ dream-centric alien Sleepwalker is not essentially a go-to selection for an MCU good man, however the horror fan in me positively needs he may deliver his fear-inducing heroism to live-action adventures. Although I am clearly envisioning a personality aged past the college-bound alter ego Rick Sheridan for Leto, who can simply play this model of darkish weirdo with ease.
Contemplating the character’s ties to Moon Knight, I feel the best Sleepwalker pitch can be a Disney+ sequence that weaves desires and waking life collectively in a fashion much like FX’s non-MCU Marvel sequence Legion. Or, if this mission occurred to exist with out Leto in the principle function, he may play Nightmare as a substitute.
Would Protest: The REAL Victor Von Doom
Everyone knows Marvel generally likes to play switcheroo with its comedian characters’ true identities, resulting in conditions like Iron Man 3‘s Mandarin twist, which Kevin Feige nonetheless stands by. So a part of my expectations for the Russo brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday are tied to the concept returning MCU vet Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayal of Physician Doom can be subverted and flipped round in a technique or one other.
Whereas there are methods to make that method fascinating and significant, what I actually do not need to see is Jared Leto revealed to be a backstage puppetmaster with the flexibility to morph his look into anybody else’s visage, with Tony Stark being one in every of his transformations. And I actually don’t desire the soundtrack to be blaring Thirty Seconds To Mars’ “A Lovely Lie” when and if that scene ever occurs.
Would Love: Blackheart
After all of the instances Blackheart got here up throughout Agatha All Alongside‘s hypothesis conversations, just for Aubrey Plaza’s character to be revealed as somebody solely completely different, I feel Marvel followers are due a live-action tackle the demonic hellspawn, and I weirdly suppose Jared Leto can be an fascinating match to play somebody straight from Hell like this.
Plus, I feel we will all agree that it might be incredible to get Blackheart into the MCU, as a result of Mephisto. The evil entity’s long-awaited arrivial is meant to be occurring with Ironheart, which is hitting the 2025 TV schedule in June, with Sasha Baron Cohen allegedly forged because the demon. But when that does not truly occur, then possibly Jared Leto’s Blackheart was the piece we had been lacking all this time.
Would Protest: Magneto
With X-Males ’97 profitable over each old-fashioned followers and youthful generations alike, anticipation is as excessive as ever for the X-Males’s eventual MCU film, which remains to be within the early developmental phases. And with the brand new batch of mutants will come a brand new spherical of casting selections, each for the heroes and for no matter villains are utilized.
I can not think about an X-Males function with out Magneto’s presence being accounted for, although will probably be extraordinarily laborious to high Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender’s respective performances from the Fox franchise. And whereas Leto is technically sufficiently old and established sufficient to serve in an elder statesman function for a mission like this, I don’t need to see Magneto floating within the air with “Repellant” and “Engaging” tattooed on his face. There are others on this world, although…
Would Love: Fantomex
I like Jared Leto when he is enjoying characters who’re scrappy and unpredictable, with or with no streak of menace. And if we’re speaking X-Males characters, I feel the actor can be an ideal match for the live-action debut of Fantomex. Whereas not essentially the most namechecked Marvel character, the Grant Morrison and Igor Kordey creation is a fast-healing, reality-warping marksman whose physique programs with nanotech.
I am unsure why I’ve an eagerness to see the Requiem for a Dream vet to painting a personality whose humanity is enmeshed with biotechnology, however I feel he is a terrific match for that sort of function when he is not enjoying somebody weak. And he so hardly ever will get to painting anybody that operates solely on confidence and badassery. I do not readily assume that the MCU will sort out the Weapon Plus Program on the similar time Charles Xaviers’ college students are introduced into the fold. However possibly someday…